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| CHRONOLOGY | |
| Late neolithic | |
| 300 BC |
300
BC Jenne-Jeno is a thriving commercial town
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| Ghana era | |
| c.750 AD | Soninke
found ancient Ghana and gain power in the region by making iron weapons.
Ancient Ghana emerges as a major trading state in the Sudan, controlling both the salt and the gold trades. |
| Ghana era | |
| 900S-1000s | Ghana reaches it's zenith, impressing visitors with the grandeur of its cities |
| 1070 | Almoravids enter Ghana from North Africa. |
| Mali era | |
| 1230-40 | Sundiata Keita defeats Sumanguru and the city of Sosso. He establishes the Mali Mandinka Empire |
| 1307-37 | Kankan
(Mansa) Musa is emperor: apogee of Mali; expansion to the ocean-, Mansa
Musa brings experts from Cairo to create Muslim schools and law courts and to introduce new building techniques. He makes a pilgrimage to Mecca (1324-5) |
| c. 1350 | The
geographer In Battuta visits Mali. 1400 Dissatisfied with Mali's weak ruler, Gao declares its independence. Mali begins to decline as the Songhay empire emerges. |
| Songhay era | |
| 1465 | Sonni
Ali, a great general and emperor of Songay, gains contol of the middle Niger
region. Develops new farming methods and begins a professional navy |
| 1493-1528 | Askia
Muhammad governs Songhay, instituting Muslim practices and modernizing the
government and military; Timbuktu and Jenne prosper as centers of learning and trade. |
| 1510 | Leo Africanus visits western Sudan |
| 1549-83 | Reign of Askya Daoud; apogee of Songay |
| 1591 | Moroccan invasion; defeat of Songay at Tondibi. Decline into anarchy |
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